MAE384 Advanced Mathematical Methods for Engineers (Spring 2018)


Syllabus


Schedule update
Projected schedule - HW and exams

HW1, due 12:15 PM, Wednesday, February 14 - confirmed
HW2, due 12:15 PM, Wednesday, February 28 - confirmed
Midterm, 12:15 PM, Wednesday, March 14    - confirmed
HW3, due 12:15 PM, Wednesday, MArch 21    - confirmed
HW4, due 12:15 PM, Wednesday, April 4     - confirmed
HW5, due 12:15 PM, Monday, April 23  - confirmed (note revised date)
HW6, due 6:00 PM, Friday, April 27   - confirmed (note revised date)

We have finished:
(Red color indicates key sections concerning preparation for exams. 
Please do read all listed sections. Matlab is not included in exams.)

Matlab at recitation, Examples 1-27, 46-47
Chapter 1, Section 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
Chapter 3, Section 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.10
Chapter 4, Section 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.10, 4.11
Chapter 6, Section 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5 (excluding 6.5.2), 6.6, 6.7

======= material listed below this line is the focus of final exam =======

Chapter 8, Section 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4
Chapter 9, Section 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5
Chapter 10, Section 10.1, 10.2 (excluding 10.2.2), 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.8, 10.13
Chapter 11, Section 11.1, 11.2, 11.3
(All material covered in Lecture 15-24)

Homework

Homework #1 , due 12:15 PM, Wednesday, February 14

Homework #2 , due 12:15 PM, Wednesday, February 28

Homework #3 , due 12:15 PM, Wednesday, March 21

Homework #4 , due 12:15 PM, Wednesday, April 4

Homework #5 , due 12:15 PM, Monday, April 23

Homework #6 , due 6:00 PM, Friday, April 27

Homework #7 , due at the start of final exam
Collaboration is not allowed for HW7
Data file for HW7-Task 1
Alternative: Just download this matlab code; It already has the x and f arrays typed in
This is what the plot of the original f(x) should look like


Matlab

Octave (free and open alternative to Matlab)

Basic Matlab programming

Links to individual matlab example codes